Hey y'all!
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Here's a Maximum Ride one-shot that I wrote for a fanfic challenge a little while ago. I hope you like it, but i have to warn you that it contains a MR2 spolier.
And just to be clear...IT CONTAINS A MR2 SPOILER!!!!. If you don't want part of the MR2 book to be runied for you, you might wanna skip this fic.
Anyways, enjoy!
Love from, CK
Max Has A Boyfriend !?!? (And It's Not Fang!?)
It all started one unfortunate night.
It had rained (poured was more like it), Gazzy had let loose one too many gifts for the air to be considered sanitary, and Angel ands Nudge had pleaded to stay in a warm, fancy hotel, and Max's credit card (after paying for the stupid hotel) was deemed unusable after it emptied out her bank account.
Per-fect.
And because they had no money, Angel had to use her mind-power-mumbo-jumbo to get them all food, and Fang was deemed her 'supervisor.'
That was why Fang was now wet, cold, grumpy, irritated, frustrated, tired, and carrying six hotdogs up to Nudge and Max in their room down the hall.
Fang muttered under his breath when he reached the door, now realising that he needed to knock on the door without dropping any of the girls' hot dogs or any of his own that he was eating.
Again, just perfect.
Fang rolled his eyes and sighed, but was distracted when he heard Max laugh girlishly through the door.
Fang froze in surprise.
Max hardly ever laughed like that. But the sound was beautiful…
The only times he'd ever heard her laugh like that was when they'd escaped from the School and spent the night staying up together, and that time she went on a date with that blonde-haired idiot…
Sam.
Fang frowned and muttered under his breath, but was quickly brought back to reality by Nudge talking.
"…you really like it?" Nudge finished, a note of interest in her voice.
He could picture Max grinning as she spoke. "Let's just say, I think I've finally found a boyfriend that I could spend the rest of my life with" Max said, and Fang felt like time had stopped.
Max had found a boyfriend!?!? WHA-AT!?
He heard Max giggle again, but it sounded distant to his ears. He had to have misheard her. Max couldn't have a boyfriend. No way! Especially not without going through him first!
Fang quickly pushed the thoughts out of his head, trying to ignore the way his heart way clenching and the sudden urge to kick open the door, wrap his arms around Max and tell her that she was his.
His and his alone.
The door suddenly swung open and Fang turned in surprise to see Nudge and Max looking at him in surprise.
"Whoa, where'd you come from, Fang?" Nudge asked stepping back in surprise. Fang quickly put on an emotionless face and opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off.
"Wow, that is so weird" Nudge said. "I didn't even hear footsteps in the hallway or anything! It was like you just came out of nowhere and now 'poof!' you're in front of our door with these hot dogs. Wait! Oh my gosh! Are those hot dogs for dinner? Oh man, thank you so much Fang, I'm totally—"
"You're welcome, Nudge" Fang said, and Nudge stopped talking sheepishly.
Max grinned at Nudge's rambling, and Fang felt his heart jump a little.
Stupid feeling… Fang thought, trying to push it away.
"Here's your dinner guys" he said calmly, handing them each three hot dogs. Max smiled at him and took a bite immediately. "Mmm…phanks!" Max said, swallowing the first bite. "Can you ask everyone to come to this room though? I think we need to have a Flock meeting…"
Fang nearly groaned in irritation, but bit it back.
"Can't you do it?" he asked tiredly, and Max looked at him in surprise. He immediately regretted it and tried to stay casual but Max caught on.
"Fang…you look exhausted. Are you okay?' Max asked putting a hand on his forehead and leaning close.
Oh man…
"I'm fine" Fang said shrugging off her hand a little rudely. "I'll go---"
"Never mind" Max said quickly, a grin forming on her face. "I'll just send up the Max-signal to the Flock…"
Fang couldn't help but smirk. Nudge looked between the two in confusion, still chewing her hotdog.
"What's the Max-signal?" she asked through the last of her first hot dog. Fang and Max both grinned and Fang stuck his fingers loosely in his ears.
Max put two fingers in her mouth and whistled in a high-pitched note and loud as a siren, making Nudge moan and cover her ears while trying not to drop the hot dogs as the sounds of the Flock yelling and groaning were heard through the doors.
Unfortunately, dozens of other doors along the hall also started opening, and Max grabbed everyone and threw them into the room, closing the door guilty behind her with a sheepish look.
"Oops…" Max muttered.
Fang smirked and surveyed the room. It was identical to Angel and Gazzy's and his and Iggy's. Two beds were off to one side, there was a small bathroom, and a small wall that separated the beds from a tiny kitchen/sitting area.
Charming… Fang thought to himself sarcastically.
Dinner went by fast -- they all talked about what they were going to do now that Max's credit card was empty, What they could do to stop the Gasman from being…well…gassy, and when and where they were headed tomorrow.
Oddly enough, (in that creepy way that seems to come with being a human-mutant that was experimented on by crazy scientists) Max's Voice told her to look under the couch cushions, and she found another credit card.
Weird, huh?.
And they agreed to never let Gazzy have chilli again, and Max decided that they were going to head south tomorrow afternoon.
Problems solved. Woot, woot.
Later that night, Max sent the kids to bed (and Iggy went on his own), and reluctantly agreed that Nudge could tell Angel a story before she was to come back to the room and go to bed.
Which left Fang and Max alone together.
They talked and joked for a while, completely at ease and content. But the entire time, Fang's stomach kept knotting and tightening. Every second was killing him…did Max really gave a boyfriend? Who was he? How did she meet him? Better yet, how did he know her?!
Max stood up to grab sodas from the mini-fridge (one of the special luxuries for human-avian kids who stay in hotels) and Fang finally had to say it.
"Do you want Coke or Sprite?..." Max asked, her back to him.
"I heard you and Nudge this afternoon" Fang said quietly, almost unheard, but Max suddenly stiffened and he knew that he couldn't take it back now.
"Wh...What?" Max said, her voice shaking a little. Fang sighed to himself before he repeated it louder and with more surety.
"I heard you and Nudge talking about your boyfriend this afternoon" Fang said. He saw Max visibly wince and he knew that she was guilty. Max always winced when she'd been found out or felt guilty.
"I umm….Fang, I can explain..." Max said, and Fang felt the knot in his stomach tighten.
"Tell me when and how" Fang said coolly, leaving no room for Max to even try and argue. Max sighed reluctantly and closed the fridge empty-handed, walking back over to him timidly.
"Umm well I…I guess it was mostly because of Nudge" Max said guiltily, looking off to the side as she spoke and her gaze meeting Fang's only once or twice.
"A few nights ago, when we stopped outside that huge forest…remember? I was on watch and I caught Nudge sneaking behind some trees, and well, she had…" Max suddenly trailed off a curious look of recognition spreading over her face.
Suddenly, her head snapped up to stare at Fang, her eyes bright with anger.
"How did you know that Nudge and I were talking about boys this afternoon?" Max asked, and Fang winced as she saw him hesitate.
"You were eavesdropping on us, weren't you!?" Max said, her mouth forming a small, furious 'o' and her brown eyes bright with anger.
If only she knew how cute she looked like that...Fang thought, then quickly pushed the thought out of his mind as he remembered Max was waiting for an answer.
"I was not" Fang protested calmly. "I was just waiting to tell you both that I had your dinner and I—"
"So that's why you were outside our door!" Max said, pointing a finger at him and smirking triumphantly.
Fang frowned in defeat.
Dang it…
Max smirked up at him haughtily. "Well…explain yourself, Fang" Max challenged him. His frown deepened and his mind went blank of excuses. Seeing this, Max shrugged and grinned.
"If you really want to meet them—" Max began.
"Them!?" Fang echoed in disbelief, now really confused and worried at the same time. "There's more than one!?"
"Yes, there are two of them… oh-brilliant-one…" Max muttered to him, folding her arms over her chest defiantly and smirked. Fang's jaw nearly hit the floor as horrible images of Max with a guy on each arm, both flirting with her, floated into his head.
Okay, now he was ticked!
"Who?" Fang muttered through clenched teeth, trying to resist the urge to growl.
Max raised a careless eyebrow at him.
"Why do you care?" Max asked him coolly, looking calmly at him and waiting for a response.
Fang hesitated.
Max saw it and smirked.
"You are jealous, aren't you?" she said, and he knew that no matter what he said, she wasn't going to let me live this down. Fang couldn't help but roll his eyes in frustration.
"Yes, I'm jealous of your boyfriend….or boyfriends, whatever! And I can't help it! You deserve way better than whatever that idiot or those two idiots—whatever-- are giving you, Max! They don't know the real you! And I do! And like it or not Max, I care about you a lot!…so just…just..." Fang trailed off at a loss for words, mentally hitting himself over and over again as he finished.
Could he get any cheesier? And could he sound any more desperate?
Snap out of it, Fang! He told himself. Play it cool or else you're going to completely wreck the friendship that you and Max have!
His heart seemed to get heavier at this thought, and he forced himself to put on an emotionless expression. Max couldn't know how he really felt…she was better off that way…they both were…
"Fang…" Max said, a look of surprise and almost…happiness on her face. "Fang, look, I'm sorry. I pushed too far…I feel the same way about you—"
Fang's head snapped up and his heart seemed to skip a beat.
"--and the others too. I care for you all so much, Fang… I didn't mean to make you flip like that..." Max finished, and Fang could feel the air around him practically deflate with embarrassment t and disappointment.
Max was too naïve sometimes! Dang it! Didn't she understand!?
"Jeezums, Max! Don't you get it!? I LOVE YOU!!!" Fang shouted in desperation, turning to stare at her straight in the eyes with all the courage he had.
Max's pretty brown-eyes widened in shock and Fang immediately wished he could've taken back his words. They were true, and always had been, but seeing the stunned look on Max's face and hearing the deafening silence made his stomach twist uncomfortably.
She didn't feel the same…he knew it….
"Wow…Fang…" Max said, her brown eyes wide open and alight with an emotion that Fang couldn't place.
"Ummm….oh jeez…Fang..." Max said softly, and Fang could hardly believe his eyes when a huge smile spread over Max's face. She started to laugh, then put one hand over her mouth to respectfully stop, but only a few seconds later she burst out laughing and looked away, a huge smile on her face the entire time.
"Fang…my 'boyfriend' I told Nudge about isn't really my boyfriend!" she exclaimed, her smile widening when she caught the surprise and confusion in his expression. Fang just hoped she couldn't see the relief he was feeling too…
He sighed and shook his head, thankful that her 'boyfriend' wasn't really a boyfriend, but also realising that she hadn't said she loved him back.
This. Sucks. Fang thought miserably, trying to avoid Max's gaze. If there is a god, kill me now! Fang pleaded.
"Fang..." Max said, her voice ringing clearly through his thoughts.
He turned awkwardly, still avoiding her gaze, but was thrown off balance when he was pulled forward.
And Max kissed him.
His eyes shot wide in disbelief, meeting Max's bright brown ones before she closed her eyes and Fang suddenly found his own fluttering shut. He instinctively wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.
She smelled so sweet, and she tasted in even sweeter. So much sweeter than he ever could've hoped, and he was addicted to it now.
I take back that death wish…Fang thought distantly, almost groaning in disappointment when Max slowly and regretfully pulled away.
Max's eyes met his when he opened them, and a dark but satisfied blush was spread across her cute, delicate cheeks. She just grinned and smiled at him, and Fang felt himself blush awkwardly too.
" Fang…" Max said gently, making his name sound so different coming from her mouth. "First of all, I…I love you too. A whole lot… and, I'm sorry it took so long for me to say it…and I'm sorry if that kiss was…uhh—"
"Amazing" Fang muttered, and then mentally hit himself when his cheeks grew hot and Max turned away, blushing furiously.
"Ummm…yeah." Max said. "Secondly, Fang, you shouldn't listen in on other people's conversations. They're private for a reason and you deserved this..." she said firmly yet kindly, just like the motherly-type-of-girl she was.
"Thirdly…I'm sorry…" Max said, making Fang's head snap up to meet her gaze, seeing her looking at him sheepishly. "The guys that you heard Nudge and I talking about aren't really guys, and I should've told you sooner—"
"Please tell me they're not girls" Fang muttered aloud and Max shot a horrified look up at him. She let out a small grin slip and she lightly smacked him over the head.
"No! They're not girls!" she said, sounding uncomfortable at just the thought.
"Ma-ax!…" Nudge whispered as the door creaked open, and Nudge's sing-song voice carried through to the two teenagers.
Nudge tiptoed around the corner a second later.
"I got Ben and Jerry from the fridge and I—oh…" Nudged suddenly trailed off and froze when she spotted Fang in the room. And he was shooting her a very understandable look.
"Out" Fang said coldly, and Nudge quickly turned and dashed out of the room, closing the door behind her again. Fang sighed to himself, playing back on Nudge's words.
"Ben and Jerry?" Fang repeated in confusion, then it was like someone threw a switch and everything cleared into focus for him. He almost scoffed at how ridiculous it was, turning to face Max slowly.
"Ben. And. Jerry...as in the ice cream!?!?" Fang said in disbelief, hardly believing how stupid he had been, and wondering how on earth Max and Nudge had gotten ice cream in the first place. Max grinned sheepishly up at him.
"What?" she said timidly, taking a step away from him. "They know how to make a girl happy" she said, a delighted, cheeky grin spreading over her face.
"Ben and Jerry are the two idiots that you've had me flipping over?! And they're not even real! And you're telling me that I told you that I loved you because I was jealous over two idiots whose names are on the side of an ice cream tub!?!?"
Max grinned like the Cheshire Cat.
"That's what you get for eavesdropping…." Max taunted.
But a second later Max caught the cold, furious, fierce glare that Fang was giving her, and her smile dropped.
"Uh-oh..." she muttered to herself, and Fang leapt at her, making her yell and run down the hall for dear life.
In the end, Max and Fang accidentally woke up the others (and half of the hotel) with their yelling and Max calmly ordered the Flock to go back to bed.
They reluctantly agreed after making sure that Max wasn't being attacked by Erasers, and Max spent a good two hours hearing Fang rant about how if he ever heard about Max and another guy, there would soon be a shortage of teenage boys left on the face of the earth by the time Fang was done with them.
And that eventually lead to Max shutting him up by kissing him, and a few more kisses before both went to bed grinning like idiots.
In the end, let's just say that Max only has one man in her life now --Fang-- and he's never let Max or Nudge buy ice cream since.
THE END!
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-- CK